Others' Designs
This newsletter template is actually pretty nice! I like the color scheme and the designs. Sometimes I will find graphics to be corny or useless but in this one I think it fits and doesn't look bad. There is good alignment. And repetition. You can clearly tell that the main colors are blue and orange and I like how the graph has the highest point in orange because it stands out and makes it look better to the eye as you're seeing the most successful thing as brightest.
I do not care for this one nearly as much. Although it has nice alignment - it has way too much stuff on it. If you're going to have this much information, then I think you should just have a link to a website or something where it can all be found instead of overloading the newsletter, which makes me not even want to read it. Besides that, it also has good repetition, because it uses main colors throughout the whole thing.
I think this one is the best example of contrast. There is a very simple dark background, and white writing, with brightly colored boxes with pictures and information. It also has good alignment and repetition. I would like to use something like this, but probably without the pictures, and maybe a slightly different format, because I have more information to say.
What I Take Away
I think it would be most beneficial for me to transform my CLUE project to a newsletter type letter directed at high school students/their parents. I want to incorporate
contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity. I like the more simple color schemes, but still something that is bright and catches your eye. Although it is written to a student, it has information that a parent would want to see. So, this is to draw and capture the attention of a student, and to provide the information to a parent that needs it.
On my model, in the orange bar on the left, I am going to put a quote from a student that has taken dual enrollment and is currently in college. I am waiting for him to respond to my email to insert it.
This newsletter template is actually pretty nice! I like the color scheme and the designs. Sometimes I will find graphics to be corny or useless but in this one I think it fits and doesn't look bad. There is good alignment. And repetition. You can clearly tell that the main colors are blue and orange and I like how the graph has the highest point in orange because it stands out and makes it look better to the eye as you're seeing the most successful thing as brightest.
I do not care for this one nearly as much. Although it has nice alignment - it has way too much stuff on it. If you're going to have this much information, then I think you should just have a link to a website or something where it can all be found instead of overloading the newsletter, which makes me not even want to read it. Besides that, it also has good repetition, because it uses main colors throughout the whole thing.
I think this one is the best example of contrast. There is a very simple dark background, and white writing, with brightly colored boxes with pictures and information. It also has good alignment and repetition. I would like to use something like this, but probably without the pictures, and maybe a slightly different format, because I have more information to say.
What I Take Away
I think it would be most beneficial for me to transform my CLUE project to a newsletter type letter directed at high school students/their parents. I want to incorporate
contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity. I like the more simple color schemes, but still something that is bright and catches your eye. Although it is written to a student, it has information that a parent would want to see. So, this is to draw and capture the attention of a student, and to provide the information to a parent that needs it.
On my model, in the orange bar on the left, I am going to put a quote from a student that has taken dual enrollment and is currently in college. I am waiting for him to respond to my email to insert it.